Children Grow Food in Cedar Rapids Playgrounds Despite Drought
Child gardeners in Cedar Rapids persevere through severe heat as about 250 youths tend playground plots and home gardens. Nine year olds Mildred Navratil and William Mobel boast tomatoes beans corn and cabbage, while Peter Pharman and brothers care for beans tomatoes pumpkins and musk melons. Relief gardens report 619 total across Linn County with some losing up to 60 percent but tomatoes and cabbage showing promise amid hot dry conditions.
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Cedar Rapids
Playground Commission
Mildred Navratil
Eighth Street NW
Ellis Boulevard
M Avenue NW
Mildred
Cleveland Garden
Third Avenue
Seventeenth Street
William Mobel
Hobart Clark
Fourteenth Avenue
Tyler Garden
Fifteenth Street
Peter Pharman
Allen
Thirty-sixth Street
Linn
Mr. Smith
Ancient cockroach fossil unearthed in England
In Ipswich scientists excavating Mount Crosby uncovered a 155 million year old cockroach fossil from a long extinct species. The find marks a rare glimpse into prehistoric life.
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Ipswich
England
Mount Crosby
Nanking Hints at Plan to Buy Airplane for Chiang Kai Shek
In Nanking China AP reports some citizens seek to purchase an airplane for Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek on his fiftieth birthday. The article notes public interest and political significance amid ongoing tensions in the region.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Bride in Wedding Regalia Saves on Duties in Cape Town
Miss S. Van Der Lecatiesmensma stepped ashore in full bridal gown from Rotterdam to avoid duty on clothing. Passengers and dock workers watched as she explained the tactic saved $80 since here clothes actually worn enter duty free under local customs rules.
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Capetown
Africa
S. van der Lecatiesmensma
Rotterdam
Portogallo Decries City Giftback In Civic Dispute
Buenos Aires poet Jose Portogallo laments a unique form of Indian giving as the city awards him a grant or prize only to demand a later concession in return, sparking a local controversy over civic generosity and agreements.
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Gazette
Kitterman
Buenos Aires
Jose Portogallo
Poem Prize Seized in Buenos Aires as Immoral Work
A $1,500 prize for a poetry book in Buenos Aires was awarded after judges named it best of the year. On religious society representations, Mayor Vedia Y. Mitre ordered police to seize the book as immoral and blasphemous, yet the poet retained the prize money.
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Buenos Aires
Vedia Y. Mitre
Exorcists Hired After Nippon Building Collapse
In Shanghai the Japanese called Chinese exorcists to expel spirits blamed for a Nippon machinery exposition building collapse. The exorcists received $100 and promised the new structure would be free of haunting spirits.
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Shanghai
Grasshopper attack on dress surprises Pleasant Hill resident
Mrs. Tom Moore of Pleasant Hill Kansas drove to town for grasshopper poison. Insects rode along inside her car and ate three holes in her dress.
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Tom Moore
Pleasant Hill
Kan
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